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Original ResearchPublished 6 February 2026Differential morphology and distribution of GFAP astrocytes in vocal brain circuit in a songbird Southern house wren and humansSantiago Hinestroza-Morales · Carolina López-Murillo · Hernán Hoyos-Maya · Geysson J. Fernandez · Andrés Villegas-Lanau · Hector Fabio Rivera-Gutierrez · Rafael Posada-DuqueFrontiers in Neuroanatomydoi 10.3389/fnana.2026.1606172
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Bird SciencePublished 25 April 2025Urbanization and brood parasitism affect growth, but not free amino acid concentrations in nestling song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)Isaac J. VanDiest · Samuel J. Lane · Taylor E. Fossett · Kendra B. SewallFrontiers in Bird Sciencedoi 10.3389/fbirs.2025.1566509
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Bird SciencePublished 12 June 2024Context-specific “silver-spoon” effects of wetlands, climate, and temperature on lifetime fitness in a short-lived temperate-breeding migratory songbirdLisha L. Berzins · Russell D. Dawson · Robert G. ClarkFrontiers in Bird Sciencedoi 10.3389/fbirs.2024.1348114
Bird SciencePublished 8 April 2024Gene expression variation in geographically diverse populations of two North American songbird speciesIsabella Ricchetti · Trixie Taucher · Reese Loebick · Simon Yung Wa Sin · Catalina Palacios · Sangeet LamichhaneyFrontiers in Bird Sciencedoi 10.3389/fbirs.2024.1382657
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NeurosciencePublished 16 August 2012Birds, primates, and spoken language origins: behavioral phenotypes and neurobiological substratesChristopher I. Petkov · Erich D. JarvisFrontiers in Evolutionary Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fnevo.2012.00012
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